The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-31
An Appropriation for the SubTrOpi-
cal Exposition.
The Night session-The PaIatha Charter Bill en-
roIIed-The Mouse Considers the Appes-
tioamsnt Bill in Caucus.

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The bill declaring Anclote River navi-
gable also passed the Senate.
The House passed the bill allowing
the Pensacola Provisional Government
to erect and mortagea a city building.
Another effort was made to pass the
Senate Bill for an appropriation to make
display of the State resources at the
Sub-Tropical Exposition. In the House
Mr.. Bielby offered resolution that at
the evening sessions, beginning with to-
night, the roll shall be called and eac h
member present shall have the right and
name, to designate some one bill. and
said bill shall be taken up at once and
acted upon, if possible, to n final con-
clusion, and that no special orders shall
be set for the evening sessions nor any
deviation from this rule be allowed ex-
cept by the Unanimous consent of the
whole House, which was adopted. This
is in accordance with a similar rule in
excellent operation in the Senate, and
will greatly facilitate business.
Mr.. Carleton offered the following res
olution
WHEREAS, the present session of the
Legislature is on the last week of its ex-
istence, and
WHEREAS, 1t behooves us, the repre-
sentatives of the people, to enact all the
laws necessary for the protection. bene-
fit, security and safety of the State at
large, therefore be it
ResOired, That special committee of
not less that five be appoiDted> m.
Speaker to select freohM. froM among the bills
>StssfoEs>ffi tins House of the most
general Importance taking first
the bills of general character
of the greatest Importance, first taking
those on the third reading and, second.
those on their second reading. All such
bills must have been favorably reported
by the committee to which they were re-
ferred, the night sitting to be excepted
from the operations of this resolution.
This will be acted on tomorrow.
Senate Bill No. So. incorporating the
Georgia, Florida and Key West Railway,
was passed with an amendment, offered
by MIR. Hicks, providing that the pro-
posed corporation should not succeed to
any unearned land granted to other
roads which may be consolidated with
The bill to regulate fisheries was taken
up and considered, but lost its place in
the special calender, without final action,
by the introduction of other special or
ders.
The bill to create an Agricultural De
partment with the substitute of the COM
mittee therefor. after consideration as a
special order, was ordered printed and
made the special for tomorrow.
The bill to anne nd the road tax came
up last but was not disposed of.
The House concurred in the amend
ments to the Senate Railway Commits
sion bill.
The bill to incorporate trustees of the
Presbyterian church of St. Augustine,
also the bills providing for the sale,
redemption, etc, of tax sales certificates
Were passed and number of memorials
and resolutions asking for the establish
ment of mail routes were adopted.
An avalanche of committee reports
fill the journals. But few bills were
finally acted upon. Tomorrow will see
la larger number. Every exertion is
made to dispatch business and so hur-
ried is the work that it will be no Won
der If errors occur like that
discovered and reported by Mr..
Washington, chairman of the joint COM
mittees on Enrolled Bills, consisting of
two House bills, which had passed
through the hands of at least one Judiciary
committee and had passed both houses
and been entitled, neither of them hav-
ing any enacting clause. Both houses
and their committees will doubtless
hereafter make more effort to make
haste slowly.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate passed tonight the bill to
incorporate the Palatka Savings Bank
and Trust Company, and the bill to es-
tablish a Criminal Court i'm Duval
County; also the substitute for House
Bill No. $50 creating Pasco County from
the south part and Citrus County from
the northern part of fernando County,
also the bill reorganizing the govern
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ing the Suwanee and Gulf Railway Com
pany.
The House passed the Senate Bill
amending the Okeechobee Drainage
Commission Bill. also the bill
regulating Xappeals from Justices.
Courts; a bill to encourage improvement
of live stock in Florida: the bill to create
Gulf County from the western part of
Hillsboro County; also the bill to reor-
ganize the municipal government of De-
Land.
The resolution adopted this morning to
provide for calling up bills by roll call
was put in operation at the night session.
An attempt was made to reconsider, but
failed. The roll was called
and only four or five names
were reached, the Palatka Charter bill
and amendments being enrolled. In the
Senate irregularities in the engrossment
of the Senate Bill No. 1, the Railroad
Commission bill, and joint committee
was appointed to investigate and report
thereon. The committee reported recon-
mending that the House reconsider its
action in concurring in the Senate
amendments to the House Bill No. l,